These Are The 10 Roles That Made George Clooney's Career

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From his talents as an actor to his dashing good looks, George Clooney has been charming us for
years. This week, he takes to the big screen once more in
The Descendants, which got us reminiscing about
all the roles that have made us swoon in the past. From his turn
as a smooth-talking criminal to an animated fox, check out the 10
roles that have made us fall in love with Clooney.

Dr. Doug Ross, ER Before he hit the big
screen, Clooney heated up our TVs as Dr. Doug Ross. Everything
from the fact that he worked with children as a pediatrician to
his relationship with Nurse Carol Hathaway made us want to
schedule an appointment with the handsome doctor.

Jack Taylor, One Fine Day It's hard to find
Clooney in a romantic comedy these days, which is why I'll
always have a soft spot for One Fine Day. Sure, Jack is a
little scattered, but he's also charming and irresistible.
While his romance with Melanie (Michelle Pfieffer) is cute, the
real sweetness is in the way he relates to his daughter, Maggie
(a pint-size Mae Whitman).

Jack Foley, Out of Sight How do you make a bad
guy occupation like bank robber sexy? Cast Clooney. As Jack, a
career criminal who's escaping prison, he charms a US marshal
played by Jennifer Lopez with the greatest of ease. I mean,
they get trapped in a car trunk together. She's toast.

Everett, O Brother, Where Art
Thou? Clooney typically takes on the role of
smooth-talking, sharply dressed charmers, so it was refreshing
to see him as Everett, with his country twang and eventual rise
to stardom as a Soggy Bottom Boy.

Danny Ocean, Ocean's Eleven Danny Ocean may be
a thief, but he approaches his ambitious task of robbing a
Vegas casino with such undeniable confidence and swagger that
it's hard not to root for him. He has the brains necessary to
organize the high-stakes heist while still operating by a moral
code that prevents him from ever stealing from someone who
doesn't deserve it.

Miles, Intolerable Cruelty Miles, Clooney's
character in this comedy from the Coen brothers, is a divorce
attorney who's as good at winning cases as he is at dodging
commitment. When he meets manipulative Marilyn, a woman who
hates him after he represents her ex, they spar, then fall in
love. Oh to be the woman who could change Clooney's ways.

Fred Friendly, Good Night, and Good Luck
Clooney is an actor who feels like a classic movie star, and
that timeless aura makes him so believable in the black and
white Good Night and Good Luck, which he directed. As real-life
news producer Fred Friendly, Clooney has to fight the good
fight to bring the country its news, and he manages to be both
serious and dreamy doing it.

Ryan Bingham, Up in the Air Though Ryan claims
to love leading a life of nonstop travel that prevents him from
ever really getting attached to anyone, he ultimately turns out
to be a softy. The big difference between Ryan and the rest of
Clooney's characters is that Ryan is one of the few that
actually gets his heart broken — instead of the other way
around.

Mr. Fox, Fantastic Mr. Fox Just because you
can't see George Clooney's face in this movie doesn't mean his
personality isn't there. He lends his voice to the title
character in Fantastic Mr. Fox, and his involvement is a big
part of the reason why Wes Anderson's animated film makes my
heart melt.

Matt King, The Descendants Clooney flexes his
emotional muscles in The Descendantsas a guy who re-evaluates
his life when a boating accident leaves his wife in a coma.
Despite countless Hawaiian-print shirts, Matt is still
endearing as a father struggling to reconnect with his two
daughters.